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Ars Notoria, Chapter 30 summary

Chapter 30 of 66 · 1 min to read the chapter

In Chapter 30, the rules permit daily use of the Logical Notes except on previously mentioned days, and daily use of the Rhetorical Notes except on three monthly dates. The passage attributes the rhetorical restriction to Solomon and explains that those dates are reserved for offering notes belonging to other arts.

What happens

  1. The Logical Notes are available for daily use, with exceptions for days already mentioned.
  2. The Rhetorical Notes are prohibited on the month's eleventh, seventeenth, and nineteenth days.
  3. Solomon explains that notes for the other arts are offered on those dates.
  4. The passage directs readers to follow these rules generally.

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The key line

“These rules should generally be followed.”The narrator

The closing instruction presents the calendar restrictions as practical rules to observe.

Quick check

On which monthly dates are the Rhetorical Notes forbidden?

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